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Independence Day 2026: The Kolkata chemist who sold foreign medicines, backed Swadeshi and built a pharma empireIndependence Day 2026: Butto Kristo Paul & Co. started as a modest establishment focused on importing foreign medicines. Over time, it blos...- The Grand Old Men of Dalal Street: Top stocks that survived the RajIndia Independence Day 2026: India’s oldest listed companies offer a rare window into the evolution of Indian business, markets and capital...
- Quote of the Day by Thomas Campbell: ‘To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die’ - Scottish poet’s powerful words about love, loss and the people we leave behindThomas Campbell's quote is on living on through memories and influence. His words suggest that a person's presence continues after their ph...
- Order of the empire? Where's the empire?The British Empire officially ended seventy-nine years ago. Yet, imperial honors like GBE and OBE continue to be awarded. This raises quest...
- He left school after Class 3, bought a British motorcycle for Rs 300 and taught himself engineering, then built India’s first electric motorIndependence Day 2026 Special: G D Naidu, known as the “Edison of India”, left school after Class 3 but went on to become a pioneering inve...
- Independence Day 2026: Meet the ‘Edison of India’ who studied science from magazines and shocked the British with his inventionsShankar Abaji Bhisey, often called “Edison of India”, was a pioneering Indian inventor who developed his interest in science through books ...
- Independence Day 2026: When Nazi Germany feared its women will fall for magnetic IndiansIndia's Independence Day: Subhas Chandra Bose’s Indian Legion in Nazi Germany during World War II reveals a complex alliance shaped by shar...
- India Gate doesn't honour freedom fighters. Know the complex truthIndia Gate, originally a British imperial memorial, now holds multiple layers of history. It commemorates soldiers who served the British E...
- Did Churchill let 30 lakh Indians die? A journo took on Amartya SenMadhusree Mukerjee's book revived the debate on the 1943 Bengal Famine, questioning Amartya Sen's analysis of food entitlement failures. Ne...
- Tata Sons’ IPO can take a page from a Hong Kong titanTata Sons faces a mandatory stock market listing due to regulatory pressures. The company's holding structure creates shareholder tension a...
- Quote of the day by Michael Caine: 'Be like a duck. Calm on the...' Life lessons from inspirational quote on true composure, hard work, inner effort, preparation and quiet persistenceQuote of the day by Michael Caine explains how calm behaviour can exist with hard work taking place away from public view. The duck metapho...
- Quote of the day by Chiwetel Ejiofor: 'All roads lead home in the end...' Life lessons from inspiring quote on values, roots, peace and familyQuote of the day by Chiwetel Ejiofor focuses on home, roots, heritage, values and identity. His words remind people that work and life can ...
- The nose theory: When the British measured the noses of IndiansBritish administrator Herbert Hope Risley used nose measurements and other physical traits to classify Indians by supposed race and caste. ...
- Quote of the day by Napoléon Bonaparte: 'There is only one thing in this world, and that is to keep acquiring money and power' A life lesson on never-ending desire for money, influence and controlNapoléon Bonaparte’s famous quote on endlessly pursuing “money and more money” and “power and more power” reflects an extreme view of ambit...
- MP family gets response from UK debt office on Rs 35,000 loan given to British Empire during WWI in 1917; how much is it worth today, 109 years later?MP Man UK War Loan Claim: A 109-year-old war loan certificate has prompted an Indian family's renewed inquiry into a 1917 loan. The UK's De...
- Independence Day 2026: When the British built a 4,000-km wall across India to extort taxBritish authorities constructed an enormous hedge across India to enforce a salt tax. This living barrier aimed to prevent smuggling of che...
- Quote of the day by Olivia de Havilland: 'Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of...' - inspiring quote by Oscar-winning actress of To Each His Own teaches life lessons on fame, success why you can’t always be at the top and why it's natural to have highs and lows in lifeQuote of the day by Olivia de Havilland: Actress Olivia de Havilland believed fame brings pressure to always be successful. She noted that ...
- Plaintiff Trump gets reprieve from an order to disclose his finances in BBC case - but only for nowA federal judge has temporarily halted financial disclosure orders for Donald Trump's lawsuit. Trump seeks to narrow his claims against the...
- Independence Day 2026: Radio jockey who rebelled, how a girl ran a secret radio stationIn the midst of the 1942 Quit India movement, Usha Mehta bravely created Congress Radio, a secret station that disseminated calls for resis...
- Empire buys back: After Tata, Adani can rewrite India's colonial pastAdani Ports is evaluating the acquisition of a controlling stake in UK's Associated British Ports (ABP) in a deal valued at nearly $10 bill...
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